Taylor Fedun

Taylor Fedun
Born (1988-06-04) June 4, 1988
Edmonton, AB, CAN
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 201 lb (91 kg; 14 st 5 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
NHL team
Former teams		 Buffalo Sabres
Edmonton Oilers
San Jose Sharks
Vancouver Canucks
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2012–present

Taylor William Fedun (born June 4, 1988) is a Ukrainian-Canadian ice hockey defencemen. He is currently playing with the Buffalo Sabres organization of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career

Following his 2010–11 standout season playing Division I hockey with the Princeton Tigers, Fedun was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Edmonton Oilers.[1]

Fedun impressed the Oilers at the 2011 Young Stars Tournament in Penticton, British Columbia, and continued to impress throughout the Oilers' pre-season games, remaining on the roster after other young high performers, such as Tyler Pitlick and Curtis Hamilton, have been sent to the Oilers' AHL farm team, the Oklahoma City Barons.[2]

Prior to the 2011–12 season, when the Oilers' roster sat at 32 players, with 9 more needing to be cut before the team's final roster was made, Fedun was tripped by the Minnesota Wild's forward, Eric Nystrom, and fractured his femur during a preseason game while attempting to retrieve the puck and force an icing. Fedun suffered a complex fracture to his right femur[3] and missed the entire 2011–12 season after a rod was put in his leg. This was the second time the NHL's icing policy led to a fractured femur in the post-lockout era, with the previous injury occurring to former Wild defenseman Kurtis Foster in 2007. The icing rule was changed for the 2013-14 season to reduce the risk for potentially damaging collisions.[4]

Fedun scored his first NHL goal on November 5, 2013 against Jacob Markstrom of the Florida Panthers.[5]

With the Oilers not tendering Fedun a qualifying offer, he was released to free agency and on July 1, 2014, signed a one-year contract with the San Jose Sharks.[6]

On July 1, 2015, Fedun returned to Western Canada, signing a one-year, two-way contract as a free agent with the Vancouver Canucks.[7]

On July 1, 2016, Fedun left the Canucks organization and signed a one-year, two-way contract as a free agent with the Buffalo Sabres.[8]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2004–05 Fort Saskatchewan Traders AJHL 1 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
2005–06 Fort Saskatchewan Traders AJHL 60 13 18 31 72 3 1 1 2 4
2006–07 Spruce Grove Saints AJHL 50 10 33 43 103 10 3 5 8 31
2007–08 Princeton University ECAC 32 4 10 14 32 — — — — —
2008–09 Princeton University ECAC 35 3 12 15 50 — — — — —
2009–10 Princeton University ECAC 31 3 14 17 34 — — — — —
2010–11 Princeton University ECAC 29 10 12 22 38 — — — — —
2012–13 Oklahoma City Barons AHL 70 8 19 27 30 17 3 3 6 6
2013–14 Oklahoma City Barons AHL 63 11 26 37 51 3 0 1 1 4
2013–14 Edmonton Oilers NHL 4 2 0 2 0 — — — — —
2014–15 Worcester Sharks AHL 65 6 28 34 37 4 1 0 1 6
2014–15 San Jose Sharks NHL 7 0 4 4 4 — — — — —
2015–16 Utica Comets AHL 63 8 25 33 48 4 0 0 0 4
2015–16 Vancouver Canucks NHL 1 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
NHL totals 12 2 5 7 4 — — — — —

Awards and honours

Award Year
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 2009–10
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 2010–11 [9]
AHCA East Second-Team All-American 2010–11

References

  1. ↑ Hockey Primetime - College players begin exodus to the pros | Futures Watch | News
  2. ↑ Oilers trim roster by twelve - Edmonton Oilers - Transactions
  3. ↑ Oilers defence takes a beating in win over Wild | Hockey | Sports | Toronto Sun
  4. ↑ Hybrid icing tops list of rule changes for 2013-14. NHL.com Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Taylor Fedun overcomes horrific injury to score in Oilers debut". Yahoo! Sports. 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
  6. ↑ "Scott, Fedun sign one-year contracts with Sharks". National Hockey League. 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
  7. ↑ "Canucks sign defenseman Taylor Fedun". Vancouver Canucks. 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
  8. ↑ "Sabres ink Taylor Fedun". Buffalo Sabres. 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  9. ↑ All-League & All-Rookie Teams Announced
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